Following up on Steve's sold-out session in 2024, CAMP is extremely excited to welcome him back for an exploration of his MIT-published research on Sonic Warfare. For five full days and nights, we'll blend presentations, listening, theory and discussion with recording, production workshops, outdoors activities and landscape explorations.

In an era characterised by the threatening auditory irritation of lethal drones, the weaponisation of sonic booms, Long Range Acoustic Devices and the coupling of AI and automated acoustic surveillance, this course will explore themes relating to Sonic Warfare. Through close listening and discussion, the sessions will explore issues revolving around sound, affect, cognition and perception, thresholds of audibility, camouflage, the politics of frequency and amplitude and will focus on artistic responses to these themes, ranging from the re-appropriation of the sounds and technologies of war, through to forensic audio.

At the end of the session, participants will create their own short audio essays on related themes of their choosing.

Steve Goodman (aka Kode9) is a musician, writer and artist. He is the author of the book ‘Sonic Warfare: sound, affect and the ecology of fear’ (MIT Press, 2009) [recently translated into French & Italian] He co-edited the books Unsound: Undead (Urbanomic, 2019), Ø (Flatlines Press, 2021) and this year, with Maya B. Kronic and Justin Barton, ‘Sonic Faction: audio essay as method and medium’ (Urbanomic Press, 2024). He is founder of the record labels Hyperdub and Flatlines, producer of 5 albums, 2 with the late Spaceape (Memories of the Future, 2006 and Black Sun 2012) and 3 solo (Nothing, 2015, Astro-Darien 2022, Escapology 2023), and numerous EPs, remixes and DJ mix compilations. He has produced sound installations for the Hyundai Commission at Tate Modern (2018) and the More than Human exhibition (2019) on artificial intelligence at the Barbican in London among others.



WHERE AND WHEN?

The course takes place at our residential centre in Aulus les Bains. It's two hours south of Toulouse, high in the French Pyrenees, very near the border with Spain. For detailed travel information, see the transport section. The course starts on Wednesday, September 17, 2025. We advise that you arrive the evening before (16/09/2025) - dinner and accommodation that night is included. The course runs for five days, ending on Sunday night. Accommodation on Sunday night is included, then we leave on Monday morning (22/09/2025). If you decide to take the minibus with us, you will be picked- up in Toulouse at 6pm on 16/09/2025, and will be back in Toulouse at 11am on 22/09/2025.

You'll also have the option to stay at CAMP an additional 7 nights, following the workshop, for an additional cost of €349. Hang out, do some hiking, use our facilities, work on your projects and process the content of the workshop at your own pace. In 2024, just over 50% of participants stayed for the +7. We expect that number to increase in 2025 - don't miss out on the extra fun! Read more about the +7 option here.

HOW TO BOOK

To book your place on the course, click the button in the green section above. You won't pay anything right now - we'll send you a booking confirmation email with everything you need to know next. Your place is reserved without payment for three days.

You'll find a payment link in the booking confirmation email - follow the link to make a payment (either in full, or the first payment of a 4 month payment plan). In the latter case, a monthly payment plan will be put in place, so your card will be charged 1/4 of the fee today, and 1/4 each month (on the same day) for an additional 3 months. All card payments are handled by Stripe, and are extremely secure. We don't store any card data ourselves - all of this is handled securely off-site by Stripe. If you have a discount or grant code, you will be able to add it when you follow the payment link in your confirmation email.

Once you've made a payment, you'll receive another email containing your receipt, links to resources, contact information and access to our group chat to discuss the workshop with other participants.